TEST: AGE 9: INTERBELLUM 3T-VWO

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HISTORY

TEST 

AGE 9: the Interbellum 

Lesson Lesson 9.1.4, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 9.2.3

1. Dictionary (E-NL) is allowed. NO google translate.
2. You may use a calculator.
3. Besides a dictionary, calculator and chromebook, your desk is empty:  no notebook, no notes and.....no phone!
4. Only 1 tab is opened during the test. Use FULL SCREEN.
5. Finished? Hand in your work and CLOSE your chromebook.

read the rules before you start

Good Luck!

This test has: 

18 mc questions, 14 drag&drop questions, 11 open questions

You can earn 81 points to get a "10"

Part 1:

9.1.4: Picking up the pieces after the war

Articles of the Treaty of Versailles. Put them in the correct category.

Territorial

Military

Financial & economic

On top of the below mentioned categories:

only 100,000 men army

war reparations

Alsace Lorraine back to France

Colonies to France and Britain

Alleinschuld

no union with Austria

not in League of Nations

no navy, no air force

the Saar to France (15 years)

Rhineland demilitarised

East Prussia to Poland

Explain, using part of the source,
whether the cartoonist believes
it is likely that the goal of the
League of Nations will be achieved.

The labels (texts):

- President of the USA (Wilson)

- on the branch: League of Nations

- peace dove (a dove with an olive branch in its beak symbolises "peace")

The next questions are about this cartoon. The questions are randomised, but you can see the correct order, as they are numbered a, b, c, etc. 

They are also in the same color.

A. What is this cartoon about?

1. The Treaty of Versailles
2. the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
3. the Alliance system
4. the Russian Revolution

Study the cartoon.
B. Which country is the prisoner who is about to be executed?

(only write down the name of the country)

Study the cartoon.
C. Who is the man (name, country and function)
on the right and what is he holding in his hand?

Study the cartoon.
D. Who is the man holding the rope (name, country
and function).
and why is he the one holding the rope?

Study the cartoon.
E. Who is the man on the left (name, country and function)
and what is he trying to do?

Czar Nicolas has betrayed the country and should be executed

the Treaty of Versailles

 is too harsh and it destroys Germany

Mussolini has destroyed democracy in Italy

Trials organised by Stalin are all show trials

pro

German

pro

Allies

pro

Boslheviks

Study the source.

F:  Drag the hotspots (1 & 2) to their correct boxes.

pro

Whites

the artist's POV (point of view) is:

2

What is the message the artist tries 

to get across with his drawing?

1

Europe 1848

Europe 1914

Europe 1925

Europe 1960

What did the map of Europe look like in what time?

Why did the rise of new nations in Eastern Europe in 1919 cause tensions?

1. Because the people feared war between the new nations.
2. Because Austro-Hungary was intending to get its former territory back.
3. Because the new countries did not want to govern themselves democratically.
4. Because millions of Germans were now minorities in some new countries.

Part 2:

9.2.1: The Russian Revolution 

In 1905 Czar Nicolas II installed the Duma.
What did the Russian people hope to gain from this and why were they disappointed?

FEBRUARY  REVOLUTION

OCTOBER REVOLUTION

Drag the hotspots to the correct revolution

more bread

Treaty of Brest Litovsk

temporary government

the war continues

Bolsheviks

Lenin

a coup / putsch

tsar abdicated

Which of these was NOT specifically a reason for the February demonstration in St. Petersburg?

1. food
2. end the war
3. end absolute rule tsar
4. end serfdom

At the peace treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Lenin agreed to peace with:

1. the Central Powers
2. the Pro-tsarist Russians
3. the Red Army
4. the Soviets

How did the Germans profit from helping Lenin, who was in exile in Switzerland, return to Petrograd in April 1917?

the February Revolution

the October 

Revolution

the Russian 

Civil War

the Treaty of 

Brest-Litovsk

pro

Bolshevik

neutral

anti

Bolshevik

Study the source.

A:  Drag the hotspots (1 & 2) to their correct boxes.

Viktor Deni was a Russian political cartoonist and poster designer. His most iconic cartoon is 'Comrade Lenin Cleans the Earth from Scum' (1920).

the artist's POV (point of view) is:

2

this cartoon was published during:

1

Study the cartoon.

B: What is his message? (Find and do question A first)

Viktor Deni was a Russian political cartoonist and poster designer. His most iconic cartoon is 'Comrade Lenin Cleans the Earth from Scum' (1920).

FALSE

TRUE

Are the 5 statements below true or false?

To pay for industrialisation, farmers had to work on huge state farms

Lenin wanted Stalin to succeed him after his death

The Soviet Union became a totalitarian state in which the government controlled everything

Stalin wanted to compete and even outgrow the Western countries

People who supported Stalin were called kulaks

Part 3:

9.2.2: The Soviet Union under Stalin 

How had Stalin become so powerful when
Lenin was still alive?

1. he was trusted by Lenin
2. he gave friends important jobs in the party
3. he had helped the Bolsheviks win the Civil War
4. he had ended WW1

What do you think a Soviet factory manager’s
priority would be?

1. Making a high quality product
2. The safety of the workers
3. Getting the job done in time
4. Making profit

Collectivisation comes from the word "collective".
Which word does NOT belong to "collective"?

1. together
2. cooperation
3. acting as a group
4. individual

capitalist economy

communist economy

Divide the characteristics between the two blocks. 

production determined by need or demand

no commercials and adverts needed

government controls the economy

planned economy

prices of products determined by the state

you work for the good of the nation

companies compete with each other

state-owned businesses

 free market economy

commercials and adverts

no competition between companies

prices determined by supply and demand

you work for profit

production targets set by the state

private ownership of businesses

minimal government interfere in economy

Why are trials in which opponents of Stalin were tried called "show trials"?

True

False

Divide the true and false statements

Lenin appointed Stalin as his successor in his testament

Stalin felt that the Soviet Union needed to become an industrial superpower in order to compete with the capitalist countries

In a totalitarian state privacy is an important value

In a Five Year Plan factories were told to make as much profit as possible within 5 years.

Five Year plans fit well in a totalitarian state

the 

Five-Year Plans

Collectivisation

the 

Great Purge

Cult 

of Personality

supportive

Study the source.

A:  Drag the hotspots (1 & 2)

 to their correct boxes.

The caption says: 

"Who needs a nail as big as that?"

"Who cares? The important thing is we fulfilled the plan for nails at one fell swoop (= in one quick effort)". 

impressed

ignorant

critical

What is the artist's POV (point of view) towards ....(= where you placed hotspot 1)

2

this cartoon is about:

1

Find and answer question A first !


B: Explain your answer to question A, hotspot 2

Part 4:

9.2.3: The rise of Mussolini and Hitler

+

questions spanning all lessons

This test covers the period we call the "interbellum".
What does that mean?

It is the period:

1. from the start of WW1 till the end of WW2
2. From the end of WW1 till the end of WW2
3. from the end of WW1 till the beginning of WW2
4. from the beginning of WW1 till the beginning of WW2

Why would Mussolini be pleased with this picture?

1. In the picture he is associated with a Roman emperor, which fits his wish of rebuilding the Roman empire
2. The picture shows that Mussolini was more important than Julius Caesar
3. The picture shows that he is in Rome and that he is the only leader of Italy
4. With this picture Mussolini wants to show that he is descended from the Roman emperors

FASCISM

Choose the

 characteristics of fascism

Democracy

A strong and powerful leader

The use of violence

equality

Satisfaction with the Treaty of Versailles

Censorship

Extended pleas for respecting parliamental rights

What was the stab-in-the-back myth about?

1. Germany could have won the war if the government had not been betrayed by military commanders
2. German army did not lose the war, it was betrayed by (communist and Jewish) politicians who signed the armistice.
3. German politicians did not lose the war, but the army that had weak leadership
4. The kaiser betrayed the Germans by fleeing to the Netherlands. That is why Germany lost the war, not because the army was weak.

The man who stabs the German soldier in the back is colored red. What does the artist want to say with that?

1. The German army was betrayed by socialists / communists
2. The German army was betrayed by nationalists / fascists
3. red represents the blood that was shed in this betrayal
4. the color is used to highlight the important part of the picture

Who would most likely spread the Stab-in-the-back legend?

1. democrats
2. extremist right nationalists
3. extremist left communists
4. jews

What was the major overall goal of the Brownshirts?

1. to weaken people’s trust in democracy
2. to fight communists in the streets
3. to help the police fight communists in the streets
4. to gain more support for Hitler's racial ideas

Why would Hitler benefit from an economic crisis?

1. during a crisis people lose faith in their government and are more willing to follow a strong leader who will solve the problems
2. during a crisis many people lose their jobs. Hitler knew that only communism could save them.
3. Hitler knew that Germany could no longer pay the Reparations, so he got his revenge for the Treaty of Versailles
4. Hitler knew that Germans would all blame the Jews for this crisis and thus vote for him.

Read and use the text.
In this text you can detect a cause that led to the
downfall of the Weimar Republic.
Write down that cause in your own words.

What were non-Western colored people and Slavic races seen as by the Nazis?

1. Aryan Descendants
2. Equal Partners
3. Superior Beings
4. Sub-humans

What impact did the Dawes Plan have on the German economy?

1. It had no effect
2. It deteriorated further
3. It collapsed completely
4. It started to recover

With the Dawes Plan loans Germany was able to pay war reparations to the Allies.
What did the Allies use the money from Germany for?

1. To increase war reparations
2. To pay back war loans to the USA
3. To start a new war
4. To invest in Germany's economy

What was the purpose of the Dawes Plan in relation to war reparations?

1. To forgive war reparations
2. To help Germany pay war reparations
3. To ignore war reparations
4. To increase war reparations

fascism / nazism

communism

both

Drag & Drop

equality

inequality

nationalism

international

plan economy

hammer & sickle

anti-semitism

totalitarian

anti democratic

extremist right

the right of nations to form their own nation state

Key words. Each hotspot (paperclip) contains a key word. Drag them to the correct definition. Maybe there are 6 matches, but maybe only 5, or 4, or 3 or 2, or 1 or no match at all.....

the poor people

prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. 

member of the political party of Lenin

system of forced labour camps in which opponents of the Soviet Union were imprisoned  died

every citizen above the age of 18 is allowed to vote

national self-determination

censorship

proletariat

Red Shirt

Interbellum

Universal suffrage

Coup

Gulag forced labour camps

Both are correct

Both are incorrect

Only A is correct

Only B is correct

Each hotspot (paperclip) contains two statements. Are the statements correct? Drag the paperclip to the correct box.

A: - During the February Revolution, people revolted against the losses of the war and the absolute power of the czar.

B: - : After the February Revolution, the czar abdicated.

A: - : During the 1917 elections, the Bolsheviks got the most votes and thus came to power. 

B: - : Lenin became the first chosen leader of Russia.

A: - Independent farmers supported collectivisation because they did not want to give up their land and livestock.

B: -  Farmers that joined the collectivisation had to share tools and agricultural machines.

A: - During the Purge, thousands of high ranking officers in the Red Army were arrested.

B: - Show trials made people believe that there was a fair justice system, but the accused were already branded guilty beforehand.

A: - Mussolini was the first nationalist dictator in western Europe after World War I 

B: - Spartakists tried to turn Germany into a fascist state by means of an uprising.

A: - Hitler blamed the nationalists, the government and the Jews for losing the war.

B: - Hitler did not believe, nor support the "stab-in-the-back" myth.

Chronology question. Put the events in the correct order on the timeline.

Put the correct date under the event. Two dates should remain unused.

Timeline

Start 

Dawes Plan

start Russian 

Civil War

Treaty of Brest Litovsk

Founding League of Nations

Mussolini's March on Rome

first 

Five Year Plan

1928

1918

1920

1922

1924

1917

1919

1923

Time left?

Do the BONUS question: next slide!

BONUS question. Do this only when you have time left.
A maximum of 4 extra points can be added on top of
your total.

Use both sources to argue that the
timing for Hitler's coup was no
coincidence

Armed supporters of Hitler are getting ready to overthrow the Munich government (the Munich Putsch) in November 1923.